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the immediate command against Cornwallis
in Virginia. He retired to private life at the
peace, re-entering the service on the increase
of the army, in I8o8, as lieut.-colonel of the 4th
Infantry."
In " Gardner's Dictionary of Officers of the
Army of the United States," published in I86o,
at New York, (p. 483), we find the following ex-
tract from the army registers, showing the vari-
ous grades of office in the United States army,
--he having held the rank of general in the
Revolutionary army, and, having afterwards re-
tired, re-entered the same in I8o8.
"John Whiting (Mass.) Lt.-Col. 4 Infantry,
8 July, I8o8; Adjutant and Inspector of the
army, 17 July, I8o9; Colonel 5 Infantry, 3i-
December, I8o9; died 3 September, _8Io, at
• O_ "
Washington.
3- Christopher, b. 27 November, 176 _ ; d.s._.
Children of Thomas Whiting of Boston and
Concord, and Martha Jones, were,
i. Lydia, d. s._.
2. Martha, d. s._.
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